{"id":417369,"date":"2026-10-03T02:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T02:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417369\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T02:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T02:28:08","slug":"11-tennessee-drops-three-set-contest-at-7-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417369\/","title":{"rendered":"#11 Tennessee Drops Three-Set Contest at #7 Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. &#8212; No. 11 Tennessee volleyball dropped a three-set match on the road against No. 7 Florida (22-25, 18-25, 23-25) on Friday evening.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Lady Vols (9-3, 0-2 SEC) struggled to find momentum throughout the match, finishing with 42 kills on .190 hitting. Tennessee added 45 digs, 39 assists, 10 blocks and one ace. Mistakes doomed UT in the contest, with 19 attack errors and eight service errors. <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kennedi-rogers\/22765\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22765\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedi Rogers<\/a> had another double-digit kill outing, leading the team with 15.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe middle blocker duo of <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/chelsea-sutton\/22753\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22753\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea Sutton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/anni-tang\/22754\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22754\" target=\"_blank\">Anni Tang<\/a> combined for 14 kills, with Tang leading the defense at the net with a season-high six blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/raegan-burns\/23116\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"23116\" target=\"_blank\">Raegan Burns<\/a> had her seventh double-digit dig performance of the season, leading the team with 11 digs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFlorida (11-1, 2-0 SEC) finished the match with 43 kills on .276 hitting, 55 digs, 39 assists, eight blocks and four aces. It was a tight match throughout, with 25 ties and 10 lead changes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn the opening set, Tennessee battled to an early three-point lead. Florida used a pair of runs to take the lead and held on for the one-set advantage. UT was held to a .200 hitting percentage in the first set, compared to .250 hitting for Florida. Rogers led the Lady Vols early on with four kills in the opening frame.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBoth teams traded points to get the second set started, tied at eight apiece early on. Florida used another run midway through the set to build a seven-point lead. Rogers and <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/maggie-dostic\/22747\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22747\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie Dostic<\/a> combined for eight of Tennessee&#8217;s 11 kills in the frame, but nine attack errors limited the team to a .053 hitting percentage compared to .276 hitting for the Gators.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Big Orange fought to extend the match in the third. Both teams traded points in a set that saw 13 tie scores. Each team traded runs, with the largest lead for either team being three. After trailing 22-19 late, the Lady Vols used a 4-1 run to tie the score at 23. With the teams deadlocked late, Florida got back-to-back points to seal the match.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUp next, the Lady Vols cap their first conference road trip with a contest at Auburn. First serve is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET and will be streamed on SEC Network+.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. &#8212; No. 11 Tennessee volleyball dropped a three-set match on the road against No. 7 Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-417369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}